Roy Williams says he’s not in shape

Three weeks after signing with the Bears, wide receiver Roy Williams says there’s something big he needs to improve before he can be the kind of contributor he wants to be in Chicago.

“My conditioning,” Williams said, per John Mullin of CSNChicago.com. “Getting my wind right. You have to be able to run in this offense. Run all day long.”

Williams says it’s not his fault that he’s not in shape. According to Williams, there was nothing he could have done during the lockout to get himself into shape for a football season, because the only thing that gets you into football shape is playing football.

“I’m a firm believer in no matter what you do in the offseason, nothing will get you football ready except for playing football,” Williams said. “That’s what I believe. It’s tough. You can run all the hills and mountains that you want to, but when you get out here and play for four seconds and jog back to the huddle, that’s what gets you in shape.”

Bears quarterback Jay Cutler said Williams appears to be getting closer to being in shape, and that he’s confident Williams will be ready to go a full game at full speed soon.

“Roy’s definitely getting back into shape, taking more plays every day,” Cutler said. “You can see more glimpses of Roy Williams each and every day.”

Soon, the Bears will want Williams to be in good enough shape that they can see more than just glimpses.

Roy Williams was more worried about wondering if (s)he should ask a rookie to carry his pads in training camp then working out. Cause you can’t be in game shape with out playing the game…Or working out

“Williams says it’s not his fault that he’s not in shape. According to Williams, there was nothing he could have done during the lockout to get himself into shape for a football season, because the only thing that gets you into football shape is playing football.

“I’m a firm believer in no matter what you do in the offseason, nothing will get you football ready except for playing football,””

Well this is his career problem i think. Sure you cant get into “game” shape, but it sounds like you are having issues just keeping up.Are the other wr’s having issues, or just you?

“I’m a firm believer in no matter what you do in the offseason, nothing will get you football ready except for playing football,” Williams said. “That’s what I believe. It’s tough. You can run all the hills and mountains that you want to, but when you get out here and play for four seconds and jog back to the huddle, that’s what gets you in shape.”
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So by definition then, every football player showed up to camp out of shape.

My favorite traning story is the workout that Walter Jones, the now-retired future Hall-of-Famer did in the offseason.

He’d drive his Escalade to a nearby park that had a parking lot with a steady rate of incline. He’d park at the bottom, get out, and push all three tons of SUV up to the top. Then he’d jump behind the seat, coast back down, and do it again.

I’m sure it had nothing to do with making him one of the all-time great LTs to play the game, though.

Been a Bears fan since I was a kid before we won a Super Bowl. Why is it they never worry about getting an O-line, QB, or WR. I am glad we finally got somehting that resembles a QB in the Indiana boy, (I grew up near Santa Claus) why not get a WR for him to throw too?

Just one.

Our return specialist DB isn’t a Wide Reciever. Never was and never will be. Now we get this clown…. If the Bears wanted an idiot WR why not go after one who could play, Moss or TO can say dumb stuff to reporter and they can catch…. I think the Rice could come back and do better than Roy and he will be 49 in Oct.

…Though he did not spend his time during the lock-out getting in football shape, Roy did improve some of his on the field talents. “Oh definitely”, Williams explained after being asked if he had a daily regimen. “My first love is looking good when I signal for a first down. My trainer developed a resistant band and I would spend 15-20 minutes a day doing resistance training. The hardest part was getting my jaw up to speed so I can yell ‘first down’ as fast as I signal it with my hand. It’s a work in progress man…” Should Williams catch a first down this year, all eyes will inevitably be on him.

I’m not in shape, so don’t forget it
It’s just a silly phase I’m going through
And just because I call you up
Don’t get me wrong, don’t think you’ve got it made
I’m not in shape, no-no
(It’s because…)
/10cc-ed

Roy is far from a bust, he will be a great receiver. He was solid in Detroit, the Cowboys way overpaid him, but he will definateky add alot to the Bears, I was hoping the Vikes picked him up, you could do Alot worse. He has certainly questionable off season habits but is solid

Williams is going to run circles around most of the wideouts you idiots draft on your fantasy teams. Don’t be surprised if, in another crappy looking year for the NFC, Williams and the Bears aren’t knocking on the door to a Super Bowl for a 2nd straight year.

Hey Roy, you should be in pretty good shape right now considering that you spent your offseason chasing the engagement ring that your girl, who QUICKLY responded with a big fat NO!!! … HAHA … Good luck, Bears fan, with this DIVA … How many more 0-16 people do you need on your team, Marinelli, Williams … keep going!! …. lol

bigd4defense, u dummy! It wasn’t a trade. Jerrys kids cut him and Chicago signed him. And by the way shut your mouth bc Jerry sold the farm in trading with lions for him in the first place. Get some facts and come back and see me! Eagles rule, cowgirls drool!

Every year we hear players and coaches say you need camps to get in shape. Don’t act shocked when a players says it. They’ve said it before, and they will continue to say it. because it’s true. Especially in an offense that is going to heavily rely on WR’s.

Hey dumb@sses I know Dallas didn’t trade him TO Chi. They traded FOR him FROM Detroit in what is probably the worst trade for the Cowboys since they sent two #1s for Galloway. Sorry if I’m moving a bit too fast for you.

i wish i could do that at my job… get hired and then tell them im not prepared to do what they hired me to do… this guy is the biggest joke or the smartest man in the nfl… he keeps finding work despite his track record

The price for TO or Randy just went up for the Bears….Jerry is a D’Bag, just another debacle for him, but he’s use to them, cripes, when you look it up in Funk and Wagnell’s it’s got his big-headed picture there!!!

“Williams is going to run circles around most of the wideouts you idiots draft on your fantasy teams. Don’t be surprised if, in another crappy looking year for the NFC, Williams and the Bears aren’t knocking on the door to a Super Bowl for a 2nd straight year.”
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Run circles? As long as his legs are moving for 4 seconds or less… IDIOTS? Yeah folks, flush your fantasy team down the toilet and pass on Andre Johnson so you can draft the human corpse with a helmet. BTW, the ONLY way da Bears are knocking on anything is if all other teams they play this season disband and the da squares play them uncontested. And remember when the human corpse is running for those 4 seconds he’s dropping any ball that’s thrown anywhere near him.
what a suck.

“but when you get out here and play for four seconds and jog back to the huddle, that’s what gets you in shape.”

I’m not a doctor or anything, but if I was a locked out player I think I could figure out that the average play lasts 4 seconds, run my various routes (with or w/o a weighted vest to simulate pads) and jog back to an imaginary huddle. I could repeat that dozens of times. Man that was hard!

LoL @ you all not understanding…hilarious. I think Roy Williams is a joke, but i’ll bet 95% of the ppl posting on here posting things like “all you have to do is run for 20 min on a treadmill dumbass” have not spent 20 min on a treadmill in your life. Also, running long distances doesn’t put you in football shape. You also have to sprint in short bursts, you know to get your body used to using a lot of energy in 5-10 seconds for the course of 3 hours.

He’s actually right, you can do all kinds of crazy stuff in the offseason to workout and still not be in game shape or even feel THAT close until you get out there. Maybe if you have played any sport in your life you might know that. But im sure the bright shiny screen in front of your face is occupying all of your time…yeah, i know im on one too, but im leaving right………….now.

“LoL @ you all not understanding…hilarious. I think Roy Williams is a joke, but i’ll bet 95% of the ppl posting on here posting things like “all you have to do is run for 20 min on a treadmill dumbass” have not spent 20 min on a treadmill in your life. Also, running long distances doesn’t put you in football shape. You also have to sprint in short bursts, you know to get your body used to using a lot of energy in 5-10 seconds for the course of 3 hours.”

Yea because it’s impossible to sprint for short bursts over a long period of time outside of playing football. If Roy had half a brain he could have easily done that and more with all the time off he had. Some people actually prepare for the work they do because you know they actually want to do good job/be good at it, Roy apparently isn’t one of them.